Racism

By Jared L. Olar Local History Program Coordinator The decade of the Sixties was...

As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues and we now find ourselves in Black History Month,...

Ongoing research into the family of Nance Legins-Costley (1813-1892) has recently uncovered additional information...

Last week in this column, we surveyed the African-American population of Pekin in the...

Continuing our review of what historical records can tell us of 19th-century African-American residents...

It’s on the logo of the Pekin Police Department and it’s the school symbol...

Here’s a chance to read one of our old Local History Room columns, first...

Pekin Daily Times owner and publisher F. F. McNaughton used his daily “Editor’s Letter”...